On September 18, 2013, a colloquium featuring Professor Strand, Professor Ashton Nichols, and guest speaker Professor Fa-ti Fan of Binghamton University, was held in the newly remodeled Koh room, also known as the East Asian Studies Room, in Dickinson’s Waidner-Spahr Library.

Using the newly installed television screen and furniture, Prof. Fan presented his research on the study of the natural world in China, particularly the use of natural resources in China from historical to modern times.

Funding for the Koh room update was generously provided by the department of East Asian studies, the Kelly Newton fund, and the Luce Foundation.